January 24, 2012 by Tom Chapman
Omaha The Startup Nebraska effort is launching on Friday. What does this mean? It means that now is the time to get involved. The event is a launch but not a completed … read more
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January 24, 2012 by Tom Chapman
January 2, 2012 by Jeff Slobotski
2011 was an amazing year for us at Silicon Prairie News. With the addition of four new full-time team members, more than 1,000 blog posts and a healthy number of meetups, parties and other events, it's safe to say it was a year of tremendous growth and positive change for our company and the greater Silicon Prairie community. It's exciting to take a glimpse of some of the highlights from 2011 and … read more
December 28, 2011 by Michael Stacy
As part of our tireless effort to provide Silicon Prairie News readers fresh and engaging content, we're launching a new series to kick off 2012. Starting next week, we'll bring you Prairie Portraits, a regular feature in which we introduce some of the less-recognizable but no-less-important faces of the Silicon Prairie. While another recently introduced SPN interview series, Newsmakers, takes in-depth looks at the region's CEOs, founders and other figures who tend to dominate the headlines, Prairie Portraits … read more
December 23, 2011 by Brittany Mascio
We're excited to bring you our 83rd Opportunities on the Prairie today, with positions at Silicon Prairie News (that's us!), Snitily Carr and Ervin & Smith in Omaha; Archrival … read more
December 22, 2011 by Jeff Slobotski
Omaha From Analog the Prairie Dog and the Silicon Prairie News team, we want to wish you and yours a wonderful holiday season! Take some time over the next several days to put away all digital devices and spend time with those who are close to you and share how much they've meant to you over the year. Here's to an amazing last few days of 2011, and a 2012 filled with countless achievements amongst … read more
December 20, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha On Thursday, our story on Dwolla's new feature, "Instant," yielded our highest traffic day ever, an important accomplishment to cap off a major year of growth for Silicon Prairie News. By itself, the traffic was cause for celebration, but more important to our team was how the traffic came about. It was the result … read more
December 16, 2011 by Brittany Mascio
We're excited to bring you our 82nd Opportunities on the Prairie today, with positions at Silicon Prairie News (that's us!), Prairie Ventures, Cognitive Match, Borsheims … read more
December 7, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Omaha All is lost. Or is it? There's only one little creature left that can save the Silicon Prairie as we know it and he's standing at 14 inches tall with a feisty left paw … duh duh duh … Analog the Prairie Dog, it's up to you! Green aliens. Spider-like aliens. Cows. Silos. UFOs. Laser guns. You must navigate Analog through the … read more
December 6, 2011 by Jeff Slobotski
Omaha As we close out what has been an amazing year in the Silicon Prairie community, at Silicon Prairie News we're busy planning for what promises to be another year of exciting activities and continued growth. It's inspiring to look back just a little more than three years ago to the start of what continues to develop amongst our great startup and entrepreneurial community. It's because of you that we exist. The actions that you take each and every day to grow, develop, scale and launch your ideas into reality. … read more
December 5, 2011 by Guest Contributor
Omaha Since word first leaked about a biography being written about Steve Jobs, I was interested in reading it. As a fan of Apple,* and having been inspired by Steve Jobs in a variety of ways, I looked forward to Walter Isaacson's thorough take on Steve. When Steve passed away in October, the book's release was pushed up, to October 24, to leverage the interest in him. A number of friends and people … read more